DRDO to develop early warning jets for IAF under ₹11k cr plan
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday cleared a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) proposal to develop new airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) using Airbus jets bought from Air India, people familiar with the developments said on Thursday.
The project is estimated to be worth around ₹11,000 crore, said one of the officials cited above. It was cleared by the top security panel at its meeting on Wednesday along with the much-delayed purchase of 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft to replace the IAF’s ageing fleet of Avro-748 planes. The C-295 project is estimated to be worth ₹22,000 crore.
